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Cairo: 3-day course in rapid-prototyping techniques

SLIDESHOW: Teaching rapid prototyping and new product development strategies to media managers in Egypt.

Today my students completed a USAID-funded workshop designed to teach journalists how to use market-focused techniques and apply a systematic, segmented approach to developing actionable ideas and quality prototypes designed to reach a new or existing audience.

Egypt’s media houses are using training efforts like this to modernize their news operations and develop independent revenue sources.

New media workshops (Western Canada)

The Canadian Newspaper Association is bringing Robb Montgomery to Vancouver, B.C. and Calgary, A.B. for a series of new media workshops.

Newsroom training at The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal, The Vancouver Sun and the Black Publishing group in Richmond, BC

New media workshops (Western Canada)
Vancouver, B.C.
April 08 — 16, 2010

Mobile and Tablet Strategies (Chicago)

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Robb Montgomery will present a workshop on mobile and tablet strategies at APME Newstrain Chicago on Friday March 26, 2010.
Featuring a workshop sessions where delegate will plan an iPad or iPhone app.

80 percent of the world’s population has available mobile phone coverage, and smartphone use is growing faster than any other kind of phone.

Do you have a long-term mobile strategy? Is your staff MoJo savvy? What are mobile users looking for?

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Mobile and Tablet Strategies (Chicago)
Chicago, Illinois
March 26 — 26, 2010

Web reporting at 24Sata (Zagreb)

Web reporting

Improve your reporting and audience engagement with social media tools and techniques. Learn how to write for the Web, use RSS to save you time, clear your bookmarks bar to gather better research and use online tools to run surveys and conduct interviews.

Private workshop for staff of 24Sata.

This workshop has recently been give for the staff of France24, KircherBurkhardt, Al Ahram and other top digital content companies.

Web reporting at 24Sata (Zagreb)
Zagreb, croatia
March 08 — 10, 2010

New media seminars at The Toronto Star

Learn the culture and best practices for creating digital content.

Join us May 17-19, 2010 at The Toronto Star for three days of hands-on instruction on Web reporting, video reporting and visual multimedia techniques.

What will I learn?
VISUAL REPORTING - Monday, May 17
Low-cost visual multimedia tools and techniques. Learn how to shoot, edit and create engaging slideshows. How to create sequences and edit audio and create rich-media reports for Web audiences.

MOBILE AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTING - Tuesday, May 18
Techniques for producing field reports using mobile devices and using social media tools. Practice with mobile apps and Web sites that let reporters file richer reports from the field.

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New media seminars at The Toronto Star
Toronto, Canada
May 17 — 19, 2010

CNA: Ink and Beyond (Toronto)

Robb Montgomery presents

TORONTO: Robb Montgomery will be presenting a global trends lecture and sharing scenes from his new documentary film “Breaking The News” at the Canadian Newspaper Association “Ink and Beyond” workshop on Friday May 14, 2010.

CNA: Ink and Beyond (Toronto)
Toronto, Canada
May 13 — 14, 2010

Writing for the Web seminars (Paris)

A five day workshop for France24 on writing for the Web.
Private client training in Paris, France.

Writing for the Web seminars (Paris)
Paris, france
November 09 — 13, 2009

New media seminars at The Toronto Star

Learn the culture and best practices for creating digital media to work better with the real-time Web.

Join us October 5-7, 2009 at The Toronto Star for three days of hands-on instruction on Web reporting, video reporting and visual multimedia techniques.

DETAILS:
What will I learn?
WEB REPORTING - Monday, October 5
Improve your reporting and audience engagement with social media tools and techniques. Learn how to write for the Web, manage a Twitter persona for yourself or your organization and dig into many delicious ways to use social media for research and publishing.

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Visual Journalism lecture (Moscow)

Robb Montgomery in Moscow for the 2006 World Association of Newspapers Congress.

Robb Montgomery in Moscow.


I’ll be presenting a lecture on visual journalism at the sixth Russian news design conference in Moscow Oct.31-Nov. 1

Visual Journalism lecture (Moscow)
Moscow, Russia
October 31, 2009November 1, 2009

Video Journalism workshop (Kalamazoo)

For educators and faculty.

Web video reporting and editing

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Teachers will learn how to use cameras and audio gear to produce professional video reports from their classrooms field. (A three day workshop)

This magnet school system wants middle school students to learn how to shoot and edit in Final Cut Pro to make Web video reports.

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Video Journalism workshop (Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 18 — 20, 2009